The Spiritual Halls of Wine

• Photographer
  Oliver Lahrem
• Technical Info
  30 Sec; F 22; Iso 100; Fullframe; Without Flash Or Additional Lighting To Give An Authentic Mood
• Photo Date
  18.03.2024

The Eberbach Monastery in Rheingau, Hesse is world famous for its fine wines and of course for the feature film “In the Name of the Rose”. With the kind support of the monastery administration, I was allowed to photograph the monastery's hospital basement. This building was originally built in the early 13th century as the monastery's hospital and death house and is a notable landmark throughout Europe. In modern times, the hospital cellar was temporarily used for wine production. With the old wine barrels in candlelight, the historic hospital cellar represents a spiritual place for wine.

716 / 5.000 Nature is my passion and I want to share it with other people through my pictures. Whenever possible, I go out into nature with my camera. I have worked passionately as a landscape gardener for many years. This means working creatively with nature and paying attention to the little things, because these little things can make a big difference in an overall picture. I have always loved photography and it has become my passion. I like to do experimental photography to see what effect you can achieve with it. Photography is art and art knows no boundaries!